TransCanada CEO pleased by Nebraska decision on Keystone XL

CALGARY, Alberta Jan 9 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp
Chief Executive Russ Girling said on Friday the company
is pleased with a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling that upheld the
routing of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and hopes for
a swift resumption of the U.S. regulatory approval process.

"It removes what we believe is the stated reason for the
delay in the presidential permit decision process and obviously
we hope that that review process can now pick up where it left
off," Girling said on a conference call.

Girling said TransCanada believes that a State Department
review of the process could be completed within "a couple of
months" and that all of the line's contracted shippers still
support the project despite oil prices that have fallen by half
since June.
(Reporting by Scott Haggett; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)